Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4641-C, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1997, c. 504, §12, is further amended to read:

4. Deeds between certain family members. Deeds between husband and wife, domestic partners, or parent and child, without actual consideration for the deed, and deeds between spouses in divorce proceedings.__For purposes of this subsection, "domestic partners" has the same meaning as in Title 18-A, section 1-201, subsection (10-A);

SUMMARY

This bill proposes to include domestic partners, as defined in the Probate Code, as family members for purposes of the real estate transfer tax exemption for deeds between certain family members.